What Are You Listening To?

[CRAZY-HORSE]

My daughter saw Prince here two months ago and he blew the roof off !!!!..quite the live show I gather !!!!

good for her!
i wish i'd have had the opportunity to have seen Prince live, but it was sadly not to be...
he is a great entertainer on the stage from what i have seen on vhs/dvd over the years

[hatchetman]

Lana Del Rey, "Diet Mountain Dew"

[Music Head]

from my library (vinyl)



Pop perfection. The duos fifth and their finale. One of the few groups that I can safely say I love every album
they released. The title track here has to be one of the greatest pop songs ever written. The entire album comes
close to the best. How can you make an album this superb and then just call it quits? On to decent careers as solo
acts, but nothing could equal those five albums. Seven of the eleven tracks get my top rating. Reaching #1 and a
grammy for Album Of The Year, along with Song Of The Year and Record Of The Year for the title track. Other singles
followed, The Boxer at #7, Cecilia #4, and El Condor Pasa #18. As much as I love the title song, The Boxer takes my
favorite. Lyrics win that battle. Paul was the meat of the pair, but I have always thought Art had the better
voice.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Song For The Asking

Best Track - The Boxer

I am just a poor boy
Though my story's seldom told
I have squandered my resistance
For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises
All lies and jests
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest

When I left my home and my family
I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station running scared
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
Where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would know

Lie la lie ...

Asking only workman's wages
I come looking for a job
But I get no offers,
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there

Lie la lie ...

Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
And wishing I was gone
Going home
Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
Bleeding me, going home

In the clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of ev'ry glove that layed him down
Or cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his shame
"I am leaving, I am leaving"
But the fighter still remains

Lie la lie ...

1) Bridge Over Troubled Water ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-XCmb6t6Zw
2) El Condor Pasa (If I Could) ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BCLb21Y7Z8
3) Cecilia ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5_QV97eYqM
4) Keep The Customer Satisfied ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YNsZLtzF18
5) So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf0RrF6KsI8
6) The Boxer ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzUEL7vw60U
7) Baby Driver **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeqUUNHwAl8
8) The Only Living Boy In New York ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJGSHMgbB0E
9) Why Don't You Write Me ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPthjsBCk0o
10) Bye Bye Love **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0gLnfSgdLA
11) Song For The Asking **

3's - 7
2's - 4
1's - 0

Grade - 2.6

so many albums, so little time

[CRAZY-HORSE]

before i looked at your best track i was thinking..hope he's picked something other than Bridge Over Trouble Water, even though its a great song i do prefer Cecilia and your pick The Boxer..

great album MH.

[SteveO]

Great choice, MH ! Also agree with CH with respect to The Boxer...absolute favorite !...gees can't believe they split in 1970 !...just like the Beatles.

[CRAZY-HORSE]

PAJAMA CLUB "pajama club" 2011.

not really a Neil Finn solo set, moreso a collaboration between him, his wife Sharon and his nextdoor neighbours...
the album was primarily bourne out of a few jam sessions in his home studio after dinner, a few glasses of wine and a joint or two thrown in for good measure...
there are some good Crowded House sounding tracks on this on in tracks 2,5,6,8 and 9...the others simply sound like they were recorded, jams with simple,stupid lyrics that never got finished properly.
sure there are some nice boppy,poppy,catchy beats happening here and some interesting sounds that you would not associate with Neil Finn, but overall it does sound a little too much like it was intended to sound...a loose collection of bits and pieces, thus it sounds messy with little thought gone into the final process.
not really a good album, and certainly no great Finn songs on this one, in fact this one comes out as probably the worst album of his career!

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: cant put it down until it ends
best track: daylight

tracks:

1. tell me what you want *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ34SrL1aaM live
2. cant put it down until it ends *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4G2b...eature=related live
3. there are conditions **
4. from a friend to a friend **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCd6f...feature=relmfu live
5. golden child **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH0Se...feature=relmfu live
6. daylight **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-ClK...feature=relmfu live
7. go kart *
8. dead leg **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4M9BLVhEkE live
9. TNT for 2 **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U16f...feature=relmfu live
10.the game we love to play *
11.diamonds in her eyes **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oU76-LlOac audio

3s=0
2s=7
1s=4

rating: 1.6

[CRAZY-HORSE]

TIM FINN "the view is worth the climb" 2011.

so both Finn Brothers released albums in 2011, and for the first time a Tim Finn album actually beats a Neil Finn album when compared to latest releases by both...
but,
is the view worth the climb?...not in my opinion if judged by this album it aint!
again, another Tim Finn album without any truly classic songs on it..he seems to struggle to make anything really great when he is not working with younger borther Neil.
almost all the tracks are piano based ballads, rarely getting up to anything above walking speed, lyrically though, Tim is still as good as anyone in the game, shame his music lacks spark, maybe he is just a boring sod or he is happy and content as he heads towards the big 60!.
only two real dud tracks on here, the rest barely make the passing grade, and had it not been for his lyrics, they most certainly would not have done so.
maybe its time for me to throw my Finn chips on the table and walk away from them, but the moment i do that they are sure to both make a great record.

for some strange reason there never seems to be many links to Tim's songs, this one only has one!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: cant be found
best track: keep talking

tracks:

1. the everyday **
2. the view is worth the climb **
3. going going gone **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNVv5LjnZac live
4. wild sweet action **
5. everybodys wrong **
6. cant be found *
7. opposite sign *
8. all this and more **
9. people like us **
10.certain way **
11.keep talking **

3s=0
2s=9
1s=2

rating: 1.8

[Music Head]

wish I could express my opinions as well as you do

[SteveO]

Yup...gotta love that Crazy Horse !!!!

wish I could express my opinions as well as you do

[Jerome]

Great choice, MH ! Also agree with CH with respect to The Boxer...absolute favorite !...gees can't believe they split in 1970 !...just like the Beatles.

The Concert in Central Park - another great live album.